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Indian Business Groups and Other Corporations

Comparative Organisational Perspectives on Indian Corporate Firms

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Editors:
  1. Achin Chakraborty

    1. Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, India

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  2. Indrani Chakraborty

    1. Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, India

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  • Contains chapters dealing in behavior of Indian business groups in comparison with stand-alone entities
  • Provides macro-theoretic insight into the Indian corporate firms
  • Deals with issues of corporate governance

Part of the book series: India Studies in Business and Economics (ISBE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Business Group Firms in India: A Short Introduction

    • Indrani Chakraborty, Achin Chakraborty
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Regime of Capital Accumulation, the Hindu Undivided Family and the Business Group in Independent India

    • Chirashree Das Gupta
    Pages 13-27

  4. Corporate Response to Public Policy Changes: Some Intriguing Aspects

    • J. Dennis Rajakumar
    Pages 29-57

  5. Ownership Control and Board Governance of Indian Business Groups: Continuity or Change?

    • Jayati Sarkar
    Pages 59-110

  6. The Multi-entity Structure and Control in Business Groups

    • Surajit Mazumdar
    Pages 111-128

  7. Business Group Affiliation, Financial Distress and Corporate Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity: Evidence from India

    • Jitendra Mahakud, Gaurav Gupta
    Pages 129-173

  8. Promoter Ownership and Performance in Publicly Listed Firms in India: Does Group Affiliation Matter?

    • Ansgar Richter, Indrani Chakraborty
    Pages 175-206

  9. Differences in the Performance of Group-Affiliated and Stand-Alone Firms

    • Jhuma Mukhopadhyay
    Pages 207-231

  10. Related Party Transactions and Stock Price Crash Risk: Evidence from India

    • Ekta Selarka, Subhra Choudhury
    Pages 233-253

  11. Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis: A Theoretical Engagement in the Indian Context

    • Rohit Azad
    Pages 255-266
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About this book

This book contributes to growing literature on the role of business groups in the development of corporate sector and contains perspectives from the Indian economy. It brings together an array of well-researched papers that provide a comprehensive understanding of evolution and nature of the Indian business groups, as well as various aspects of their functioning. All chapters are primarily empirical, use appropriate quantitative techniques and are strongly grounded in relevant theories. This fine combination of data, techniques and theories is expected to provide the reader with in-depth understanding of the complex structures and behaviour of firms affiliated to business groups. Readers interested in the Indian corporate sector, especially Indian business groups, will find the book useful.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, India

    Achin Chakraborty, Indrani Chakraborty

About the editors

Achin Chakraborty is a Professor of Economics at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). He was earlier at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. He received Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Riverside, USA. He has published widely in such journals as Economic Theory, BMJ Global Health, Social Indicators Research, Economics Bulletin, Journal of Quantitative Economics. He jointly authored the book ‘Limits of Bargaining: Capital, Labour, and the State in Contemporary India’ (2019) and co-edited three books—‘The Land Question in India: State, Dispossession and Capitalist Transition’ (2017), ‘Changing Contexts and Shifting Roles of the Indian State’ (2019) and ‘Capital’ in the East (2019), with the latter being translated in German as well.


Indrani Chakraborty is a Professor of Economics and currently the Director of the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata. She was formerly at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. She received Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Calcutta and is a recipient of CICOPS scholarship and Liverpool-India Fellowship to work at University of Pavia and University of Liverpool Management School, respectively. She has published widely in reputed journals and contributed to many book volumes on the impact of capital inflows, the role of financial development on economic growth, capital structure of corporate firms, impact of reforms on firms’ performance, impact of mergers and acquisitions on firm performance and so on. She authored ‘Exploring What Drives Indian Stock Market During Covid-19: Fads or Fundamentals’ (2023) and co-edited ‘Market, Regulations and Finance: Global Meltdown and the Indian Economy’ (2014).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Indian Business Groups and Other Corporations

  • Book Subtitle: Comparative Organisational Perspectives on Indian Corporate Firms

  • Editors: Achin Chakraborty, Indrani Chakraborty

  • Series Title: India Studies in Business and Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5041-6

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5040-9Published: 27 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5043-0Due: 27 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5041-6Published: 26 October 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2198-0012

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-0020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 266

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Family Business, Corporate Governance, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Asian Business, International Economics

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